US President-elect Joe Biden has introduced key members of his environmental team -- tasked with fighting against global warming in what can be called a pillar of his drive to rebuild the pandemic-hit US economy.

Biden unveils environment team tasked with tackling 'existential threat'

US President-elect Joe Biden has expressed full confidence in his son Hunter after it was revealed last week that he was under a federal tax investigation. "We have great confidence in our son," Biden said, sitting next to his wife Jill, in an interview on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," which aired Thursday on CBS.

Joe Biden backs son Hunter after US tax probe revealed

Hunkered down in what one former White House official called the "presidential man cave" of the Oval Office, President Donald Trump does not want to talk about what lies ahead once he leaves office next month.

Irritated by loss, Trump hunkers down at the White House and avoids talk of future

The outgoing US President Donald Trump might not be allowed to shift back to his beloved Mar-a-Lago golf club in Palm Beach, Florida after he shifts out from the White House in January.

Find another house: Mar-a-Lago neighbours warn Donald Trump

Members of Congress on Thursday hurled withering comments and furious questions at two members of the billionaire Sackler family that owns Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, seeking to use a rare public appearance to extract admissions of personal responsibility for the deadly opioid epidemic as well as details about $10 billion that records show the family withdrew from the company.

Sacklers deny personal responsibility for opioid epidemic in House hearing

Twitter Inc has reversed changes made to its retweet function intended to curb the spread of misinformation during the US presidential election. It said it will no longer prompt quote tweets from the retweet icon.

Twitter switches back to old retweet function after US election

Two days after the Electoral College confirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, a Senate committee provided a platform Wednesday for another round of specious legal arguments and falsehoods about widespread voter fraud that have been repeatedly rejected by courts across the country.

Senate Committee continues false claims of fraud

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden’s allies have begun an ambitious campaign to raise millions of dollars from corporations and individuals by offering special “VIP participation” in reimagined inaugural festivities that will be largely virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Biden’s inaugural will be mostly virtual, but money from donors will be real

I was speaking recently to Matt Dunne, founder of the Center on Rural Innovation, which promotes digital economic development in small-town America, and he was telling me about a Vermont community near his home with a great public library: “You could drive by on any Sunday and the parking lot would be full,” he said.

Kamala Harris deserves a more important job

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders scrambled Tuesday to reach agreement on a stimulus bill and a catchall omnibus financing package to keep government funding flowing, meeting to try to hammer out critical spending deals before a Friday deadline.

Leaders in Congress meet in search of spending and stimulus deals

Donald Trump's legal campaign to subvert the election is nearly over, with the victory of Joe Biden announced by the Electoral College of the United States.

United States: Top republicans recognise Joe Biden's victory

The electoral college has confirmed Joe Biden's victory in state by state voting in the United States. This has now closed all doors on Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the result the 2020 US Presidential election.

US Election 2020: Joe Biden wins by getting 306 electoral college votes

US Election 2020: Electoral college formalises Joe Biden's victory

US Attorney General William Barr will step down next week, he said on Monday, shortly after the Electoral College confirmed President Donald Trump`s loss to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden.

US Attorney General Barr steps down as Trump election defeat confirmed

Russian President Vladimir Putin has finally congratulated Joe Biden for victory in US Election 2020. Putin's message came after electoral college confirmed Biden's win.

Russian President Vladimir Putin finally congratulates Joe Biden for victory in US Election 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden for his victory in the US presidential election, the Kremlin announced on Tuesday. This comes in the aftermath of the state-by-state counting in the Electoral College vote which decides the winner in US presidential elections.

Putin finally congratulates Joe Biden on election win, says ready for 'collaboration'

Joe Biden's march to the White House -- overshadowed by President Donald Trump's frantic attempts to overturn the US election -- is to be formalized Monday when the Electoral College meets to confirm the Democrat's win.

US Electoral College to formalize Joe Biden's win

Twitter Inc had "inadvertently" limited engagements for a brief period on US President Donald Trump's tweets with "disputed" labels but later reversed its action.

Twitter says it inadvertently limited engagements on Trump's flagged tweets

The Supreme Court repudiation of President Donald Trump’s desperate bid for a second term not only shredded his effort to overturn the will of voters: It also was a blunt rebuke to Republican leaders in Congress and the states that were willing to damage American democracy by embracing a partisan power grab over a free and fair election.

‘An indelible stain’: How the GOP tried to topple a pillar of democracy

Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his pledge to veto a sweeping defense budget bill, which US lawmakers passed by margins that would allow them to override the president's rejection.

Trump vows to reject defense bill passed by veto-proof majority

Conservative groups continued to protest across the United States on Saturday, as tensions rose in downtown Washington after dark as scores of pro-Trump "Proud Boys" protesters and "Antifa" counterprotesters faced off.

Tensions rise in Washington as pro-Trump protesters continue to decry his loss

A day after President Donald Trump’s stinging defeat in the Supreme Court, Republicans around the country seemed to be having trouble finding the right words. The bellicose statements from some quarters that had characterized the postelection period — claims of switched and missing votes, a “rigged” election and even threats of secession from Texas Republicans after the ruling on Friday — had given way to something resembling muted resignation and an acceptance of the inevitable.

Republicans find themselves speechless following a Supreme Court defeat

Four people were stabbed and one shot as rallies backing President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud led to clashes in major US cities on Saturday.

Four stabbed and one shot after pro-Trump rallies

Donald Trump's supporters take to streets for another 'Million MAGA March'

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